Business Alliance Capital Corp. v. Fuselier

Opinion

PETERS, J.

As a general principle, the full faith and credit clause of the United States constitution permits a creditor who has obtained a judgment in one state to enforce that judgment in this state. This principle is inapplicable, however, if the foreign judgment is a default judgment rendered by a court that did not have personal jurisdiction over the judgment debtor. The primary issue before us is whether this case falls within the general rule or its exception. Under the circumstances here, in which the issue of personal jurisdiction was litigated in the foreign court, the trial…